# gondola
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetan góndoƚa, from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “cutter, kind of ship”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɒn.də.lə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

gondola (plural gondolas or gondole)
* A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.
* A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
** An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car.
** The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.
** The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings.
** That part of a transporter bridge that carries passengers, vehicles, along the length of the bridge span.
* (rail transport, US) A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.
** 1948, John Steinbeck, chapter 6, in A Russian Journal:[on the outskirts of Stalingrad] The railroad paralelled the road, and along the track we saw lines of burned-out gondolas and freight cars which had been destroyed during the war.
    Synonym: gondola car
    Hypernyms: freight car, goods wagon
    Coordinate term: hopper car
* A free-standing display unit in a supermarket or other retail store, where goods are shelved or hung on pegs or hooks for sale; An end bay; A parasite display.

#### Synonyms

* (rail transport): gondola car, gon
* (ski lift): cable car

#### Derived terms

* gondola lift
* gondolier

#### Translations
### Verb

gondola (third-person singular simple present gondolas, present participle gondolaing, simple past and past participle gondolaed)
* To travel by gondola.

### Gallery

* a Venetian gondola
* a rail transport gondola wagon
* a modern airship gondola
* a transporter bridge gondola
* a ski lift gondola
* a window cleaners' gondola

### Further reading

* gondola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Dongola

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gondola.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡondola]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Hyphenation: gon‧do‧la

### Noun

gondola f (diminutive gondolka)
* gondola (narrow boat, especially in Venice)
* gondola (car or basket of an airship)
* (aviation) nacelle (separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine)

#### Related terms

* gondoliér m anim

### Further reading

* “gondola”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “gondola”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “gondola” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
* “gondola”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.la/

### Verb

gondola
* third-person singular past historic of gondoler

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gondola. First attested in 1612.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡondolɒ]
* Hyphenation: gon‧do‧la
* Rhymes: -lɒ

### Noun

gondola (plural gondolák)
* gondola (a small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice)

#### Derived terms

* gondolás
* gondolázik

### References

* ↑ gondola in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* gondola in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan góndoła, probably from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “small tail”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡon.do.la/
* Rhymes: -ondola
* Hyphenation: gón‧do‧la

### Noun

gondola f (plural gondole)
* gondola (narrow boat in Venice)
* nacelle (aircraft engine)
* pod

#### Derived terms

* gondoletta
* gondoliere
* gondolino
* gondolone

### Anagrams

* dolgano

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetan góndoła, probably from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “small tail”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔnˈdɔ.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔla
* Syllabification: gon‧do‧la

### Noun

gondola f (diminutive gondolka)
* gondola (narrow boat, especially in Venice)
* gondola (enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain)
* gondola (car or basket of an airship)

#### Derived terms

* gondolowy

#### Related terms

* gondolierski
* gondolier
* gondoliera

### Further reading

* gondola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* gondola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡɔndɔla]

### Noun

gondola f (diminutive gondolka)
* gondola

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “gondola”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025